Stânca-Costeşti Dam
Encyclopedia
The Stânca-Costeşti Dam is a dam on the Prut
and a checkpoint between Moldova and Romania. The dam is located between Costeşti
(Moldova
) and Stânca
(Romania
).
-Romanian project. The lake is the reservoir for a hydro power station. The main goal of building this power station was to protect villages down the Prut river from annual floods. The 1970 floods in Romania
were the worst in modern Romanian history in loss of life.
On 5 November 1978 the Stânca-Costeşti Hydroelectrical Plant on the Prut
was inaugurated. Romania was represented by Ion Iliescu
, the then-Minister of Electric Power Trandafir Cocîrlă, and Chairman Florin Iorgulescu of the Romanian National Council for Water Conservation, while Ivan Bodiul
, Minister of Power and Electrification Peter Stepanovich Neporozhny, and Deputy Minister of Land Reclamation and Water Conservation Polat Zade represented the USSR.
Prut
The Prut is a long river in Eastern Europe. In part of its course it forms the border between Romania and Moldova.-Overview:...
and a checkpoint between Moldova and Romania. The dam is located between Costeşti
Costeşti, Moldova
Costeşti is a city in Rîşcani district, in northern Moldova.- Overview :Costeşti has a population of 4,109 at the 2004 census. It is composed of the city itself, population 2,247, and four villages: Dămăşcani, population 361, Duruitoarea, population 379, Păscăuţi, population 950, and Proscureni,...
(Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
) and Stânca
Stefanesti, Botosani
Ştefăneşti is a small town in Botoşani County, Romania. It administers four villages: Bădiuţi, Bobuleşti, Stânca and Ştefăneşti-Sat.The painter Ştefan Luchian was born here, as well as Vlad Onicescu, the father of the mathematician Octav Onicescu...
(Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
).
History
The basic Romanian-Soviet agreement on its construction was ratified in 1972. Built between 1974–1978, the Stânca Costeşti Lake is a USSRSoviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
-Romanian project. The lake is the reservoir for a hydro power station. The main goal of building this power station was to protect villages down the Prut river from annual floods. The 1970 floods in Romania
1970 floods in Romania
The 1970 floods in Romania, brought on by river swelling caused by torrential rains, high winds and a heat wave that melted snow in the Carpathian Mountains, were the worst in modern Romanian history in loss of life, and caused the most damage up to the 2006 floods: at least $500 million; perhaps...
were the worst in modern Romanian history in loss of life.
On 5 November 1978 the Stânca-Costeşti Hydroelectrical Plant on the Prut
Prut
The Prut is a long river in Eastern Europe. In part of its course it forms the border between Romania and Moldova.-Overview:...
was inaugurated. Romania was represented by Ion Iliescu
Ion Iliescu
Ion Iliescu served as President of Romania from 1990 until 1996, and from 2000 until 2004. From 1996 to 2000 and from 2004 until his retirement in 2008, Iliescu was a Senator for the Social Democratic Party , whose honorary president he remains....
, the then-Minister of Electric Power Trandafir Cocîrlă, and Chairman Florin Iorgulescu of the Romanian National Council for Water Conservation, while Ivan Bodiul
Ivan Bodiul
Ivan Ivanovich Bodiul was a Moldovan SSR politician.- Biography :Ivan Ivanovich Bodiul was born on 3 January 1918, in Alexandrovca, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine...
, Minister of Power and Electrification Peter Stepanovich Neporozhny, and Deputy Minister of Land Reclamation and Water Conservation Polat Zade represented the USSR.